Long-term photometric behavior of the PMS stars V977 Cep and V982 Cep in the vicinity of NGC 7129

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Long-term photometric behavior of the PMS stars V977 Cep and V982 Cep in the vicinity of NGC 7129

Ibryamov, Sunay I.; Semkov, Evgeni H.; Milanov, Teodor R.; Peneva, Stoyanka P.

Abstract. Long-term BVRI photometric light curves of the pre-main sequence stars V977 Cep and V982 Cep during the period from 2000 October to 2016 August are presented. The stars are located in the vicinity of the reflection nebula NGC 7129. Our photometric data shows that both stars exhibit strong photometric variability in all optical passbands, which is typical for Classical T Tauri stars. Using our observational data we defined the reasons for the observed brightness variations. In the case of V977 Cep we registered previously unknown periodicity in its light curve.

eprint arXiv: 1611.08576

Accepted for publication in Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (RAA).